History of Art
History of Art
This course is intended as an introduction to the development of Western art through social and technological changes.
Areas of study will include:
- Perspective and picture and pictorial space
- A brief guide to pre and post-Renaissance
- Impressionism
- Cubism
- The development of non-representational art.
- Abstract Expressionism and Colourfield Painting
- Op and Pop Art.
Skills and techniques
- The ability to analyse a work of art using specialist terminology
- The ability to make critical judgement
- To express themselves coherently both verbally and on paper
- The ability and confidence to express and communicate knowledge and understanding.
Knowledge and Understanding
- The foundations and knowledge and understanding of art historical movements
- Practitioners and their works
- Considering of the way that changes occur in terms of chronology and other frameworks.
- Awareness of art historical terms, concepts and issues
- Knowledge and understanding of the significance of techniques and materials in the creation of artefacts
- Understanding of the principal methods of analysis and interpretation
- Understanding of the relationship between society and art within historical and other frameworks
Assessment
Coursework essays and a written 1.5 hour exam.